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MIKE CARTER Chetwynd Echo Reporter –––––––––––––– CHETWYND – 1,200 months, 5,217 weeks, 36,524 days, 876,581 hours. There is no getting around it, 100 years is a long time. But for Albert Flett, time is still going to fast, because he is still having fun. Family and friends gathered with the greater community at the Royal Canadian Legion hall in Chetwynd on Saturday, August 23, 2014, to celebrate a leader, and a legend. Flett turned 100 on August 21. More than 200 people attended the party. Yvonne Tupper, an Aboriginal Patient Liaison worker with the BY

! ! ! ! ! Northern Health Authority covering the South Peace played host to the event, which was organized by a birthday committee that included the president and board of directors of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch # 258, Chetwynd, all of Albert’s fellow church members at the Church of Nazerane, longtime friends, family and Northern Health nurses, care aids and staff members.

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Flett was honoured to receive letters from Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, the honorable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, South Peace MLA Mike Bernier and others commemorating the milestone event. A giant birthday card greeted those who attended the celebration. By the time it was over, the card was covered in signatures, showing a true out-pouring of

MIKE CARTER Chetwynd Echo Reporter –––––––––––––– CHETWYND – The District of Chetwynd is building a new Medical Health Clinic and Community Wellness Centre to help with doctor recruitment and retention. Like most towns and cities in the north, BY

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love and respect for a man who has been a leader in the community for so many years. Tupper noted that Flett wanted to send a special thanks to Dr. Keotze and Dr. Anton Venter, and all of the doctors and medical professionals who have cared for him over the years including all of his nurses, care aids and dieticians. Flett still uses traditional medicine methods to this day, Tupper says. “He has had no diabetes, no heart problems, none of that, [and] he has befriended so many people over the years,� Tupper says. Please see "CARDS," page 2

Chetwynd is not alone in the challenges that it faces attracting and keeping medical professionals to the area to provide essential services to the area residents. “Council feels that secure health services are essential for our community, and has therefore agreed to create a sustain-

able, functional and accessible health facility,� wrote Coun. Ernest Pfanner, chair of the District of Chetwynd health services committee. Chetwynd has already received about $400,000 in corporate and government grants and donations to go towards the construction of the med-

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BY MIKE CARTER Chetwynd Echo Reporter –––––––––––––– CHETWYND – No matter whom you side with - the government or the teachers - most would like to see a negotiated settlement reopen all public schools across the province on Sept. 2. In the meantime, the rhetoric continues to fly as Education Minister Peter Fassbender talks about “affordability zones� and “bargaining 24/7�, while British Columbia Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) president Jim Iker calls on his members to “hold the line�. On Sunday morning, Iker got a standing ovation from hundreds of teachers gathered in Kamloops, BC as he delivered a challenge to Fassbender during the teachers’ union summer leadership conference. “My message to the

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ical clinic. They are now putting the call out to the community at large for donations. The district will honor the donations it receives by erecting a donor wall within the medical clinic. Please see "DEADLINE," page 2

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Chetwynd needs your vote to host Canada Winter Games 2015 community torch celebration 5F8G :FCA H<9 +I99B Continued from page 1 He has seen a lot of changes in technology, and he has kept pace. Flett’s face lit up when Tupper explained how she posted a “selfie� of herself with Albert, on Facebook. “He likes that term,� she explained, “so please take selfies with him.� Nearly everyone at the ceremony did just that. Flett was born on August 21, 1914 – but just where he was born is a matter of debate. “Straight north of the Peace River, my mother she told me nothing,� is what he said to the Chetwynd Echo during a Remembrance Day interview in November 2012 with reporter Liz Brown. What is clear is that Flett was familiarized with hard work at a very early age, and he was a natural born leader. According to “History Book, Saga of Little Prairie-Chetwynd,� at 12-years old, Flett worked for his uncle Theodore Goulet, driving a four-horse team hauling freight from Whitefish Lake, Manitoba to Grouard, Alberta. It was a one-month return trip. Flett joined the military on July 26, 1939 and spent one year in training in Aldershot, U.K before serving in WWII. He was wounded twice by shrapnel. “When the war was over, nobody come home,� he said. “There’s only [two people] who came back with me. Bill Harris and Bill Hatcher. But they’re both gone. All their girls are gone. They’re all gone. I’m the only one. I’m the only one still going.�

Flett said he didn’t like the risky business of war. He was honorably discharged as a Lance Corporal on September 22, 1945, with service stars for the action he saw in France and Germany, including the Defence Medal, and the Indian Volunteer Medal. Flett served in the Canadian Forces for five years. He proved his ability to lead. Early in his service, he proved that by standing up to his commanding officer on behalf of his platoon. “We had no food for three days but the boys were working,� he said. “Nobody would step up to say anything, so I just stepped out and I told the officers, I said ‘my boys ain’t gonna work out there because they didn’t have nothing to eat. They don’t feel like working’.� Flett was able to discover through this conforontation that their re-supply ship was caught out at sea. He took the message back to his platoon. “You’re in a war, what do you expect?� Flett was active in Rodeos around the Peace Region. He was a bull rider. Flett continued riding bulls until he was 71. That year, he had also entered into the wild horse race, wild cow milking and steer throwing events, winning a trophy at the Leoville, Saskatchewan rodeo as the oldest contestant. Flett has also received numerous trophies in axe throwing during a former event known as Chetwynd Loggers Sports Day. Flett participates every year in Chetwynd’s Remembrance Day ceremony.

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BY MIKE CARTER Chetwynd Echo Reporter –––––––––––––– CHETWYND - There are only 169 days left before the Canada Winter Games 2015 takes Prince George by storm. Chetwynd has a chance to take part in the festivities by hosting a community torch celebration. But, before that can happen, we need you to vote to give our town a chance. Voting opens on Aug. 27 and runs until Sept. 12. To place your vote go to: http://www.canadagames2015.ca/experience-the-games/illuminate-thenorth The 2015 Canada Winter Games is holding several regional torch celebrations in communities across the province. The District of Chetwynd is excited at the chance to host such an event that would showcase the town and its facilities. If Chetwynd is successful in getting the right amount of votes, torchbearers carrying the Canada Winter Games flame will run by the famous “Little Giant� statue and all our other wonderful chainsaw carvings as they make their way down south to Prince George.

The event will feature an indoor and an outdoor venue, and lots of other activities will take place for the public and visitors to the town. The Saulteau and West Moberly First Nations will be partners in this event. The District of Chetwynd wants to remind the residents of Chetwynd that we need your vote to win the chance to host a community torch celebration, so don’t hesitate. Voting opens today. Encourage your friends, family and colleagues to vote at the website above.

958@=B9 :CF 8CB5H=CBG =G -9DH9A69F “[We are] hoping that you might consider donating to the construction of the Chetwynd Medical Health There are five donor levels: Clinic and Wellness Centre,â€? Pfanner • Friends: up to $99 concludes. • Bronze: $100-$499 Anyone who wishes to donate can • Silver: $500-$999 do so by contacting Deanne Ennis at • Gold: $1,000-$9,999 250-401-4105 or den• Platinum: Over $10,0000 The district will issue a letter for tax nis@gochetwynd.com. Deadline for donations is Sept. 30. credits for any donations over $100. Continued from page 1

THE CHETWYND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BELIEVES STRONGLY IN STRENGTH IN NUMBERS. WE WORK TO ASSESS THE NEEDS OF LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS AND EXECUTIVES BY PROVIDING A WIDE RANGE OF PROGRAMS, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES THAT ADDRESS AND DELIVER STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS TO THOSE NEEDS. BY JOINING THE CHAMBER YOU WILL BECOME PART OF A COALITION OF BUSINESS PEOPLE DEDICATED THE IMPROVEMENT AND GROWTH OF CHETWYND. WE ARE THE VOICE OF BUSINESS. WE ALL WORK TOGETHER. WE ALL WIN.

The 2015 Canada Winter Games Regional Community Torch Celebration would take place near the many parks in Chetwynd, as the community firmly believes in using their natural assets all through the year.

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They are excited to celebrate the success of having the 2015 Canada Winter Games come to northern BC, and are ready to Illuminate the North!

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• Any NEW BUSINESS signing up for a chamber membership for he first time between Sept. 1 and Oct. 1 will be entered into a grand prize draw

• PeaceFM /10 - 30 second ads package • Chetwynd Echo / 3 1/8 page ads (value: $500) • Chetwynd Chamber / one year advertising on www.chetwyndchamber.com (Value: $200) • Chetwy nd Cham ber / Free Tickets to Civic Night 2015 • CHET TV/ Copy of the 2014 Chainsaw Carving DVD (value $30)

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The area between the roads (fireguards) and the smoldering black hot spots is a good example of where crews will be conducting controlled back burns this week. By eliminating the fuels between the fireguard and the hotspots, BC Wildfire Management crews can help ensure that the fire does not jump the guard and threaten valuable assets in the area. As you can see in the picture, there is a lot of smoke in the area causing hazy conditions. Photo by Mike Carter

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Crews battle smoke while setting planned burnoffs on Mount McAllister fire

BY MIKE CARTER Chetwynd Echo Reporter –––––––––––––– CHETWYND – The weather seemed fair from Base Camp # 221 in Chetwynd on Friday afternoon. But once we got up in the air, the smoke was thick, causing low visibility conditions for our pilot, and a whole new set of problems for crews on the ground. Smoke covered the Mount McAllister fire all weekend and into Monday. Visibility was down to less than a kilometer on the north end of the fire. As a result, crews were only able to complete a small number of the burnoffs they had hoped to conduct to remove the patches of fuel (living tree stands) that sat between the many fireguards and the fire itself. Burn-offs continued on Monday and Tuesday, when the weather cooperated. “This is a dirtier fire than we often see,� Fire Information Officer Garry Horley explained. “There is so much un-burnt stuff. There's large areas that haven't burnt but have smoke in them.� That is why these controlled burnoffs are being carried out. Horley explains the principle of the fire triangle: fuel, oxygen and heat. By dousing areas in water, they remove the heat, and by conducting controlled burnoffs, they remove fuels. “A little puff anywhere today, could be a candling tree three days from now, and then everything dries out more and more around it and the fire grows bigger,� he said. “If you have a big area you're going to get a crown fire and if the wind can pick that up and blow embers, if it starts to burn it will create a convection column which can burn up to 10 or

15,000 feet and it will drop embers all over. We like to burn those out.� Horley added that crews will be monitoring the Mount McAllister Fire until the snow falls. Their concentration will be kept on the hottest areas, and areas that have the greatest value. Protecting the Dokie Wind towers, privately owned hunting/trapping cabins, the power lines and preventing the fire from moving in the direction of Hudson’s Hope remain the top priorities for fire crews. The fire is still no threat to Chetwynd. The fire remained quiet on the weekend, and did not challenge any of the fireguards currently in place. But, crews expected winds on Monday to result in increased fire behavior. Mop-up’s continued all this week along the eastern flank of the fire. This is the technical term for the process involved in making sure the fire is completely out. Crews make sure all the hot spots within a fire perimeter are out, sometimes by actually touching the ground with gloved hands. Mop-up operations are assisted by infrared sensors attached to helicopters to detect hotspots, which are then relayed to crews on the ground via GPS. Horley explained that veteran firefighters can identify hotspots, most of the time, without having to touch the ground with gloved hands. "You look for flies,� he said. “Flies are attracted to hot spots so guys with experience will know there is a hotspot there, they don’t have to stick their hands there." On Monday, the Australian Incident Management Team, which took control over Base Camp # 221 in Chetwynd on August 13, 2014, finished their deployment and turned over command of the Mount McAllister fire to a British Columbia Type 1 Incident Management Team on Monday evening. Type 1 teams are the most highly skilled and experienced incident management teams in BC. Costs of fighting the Mount McAllister fire have surpassed the $15 million mark.

We will be making electrical system improvements in Hudson’s Hope and the surrounding area on September 7, 2014. To ensure the safety of our work crews, it will be necessary to interrupt electrical service for approximately 2 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the evening. Where:

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MIKE CARTER Chetwynd Echo Reporter –––––––––––––– CHETWYND – The District of Chetwynd has renewed the lease for BC Ambulance Service’s Chetwynd station, effective August 11, 2014. The five-year lease renewal ensures BC Ambulance will have a presence in the community until at least 2019, when negotiations will begin on a new lease. The previous agreement between the District of Chetwynd and the BY

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ooooooo…are the kids going back to school? Are they not going back to school? What’s happening? Nobody knows. And it’s frustrating as hell…for everyone involved. Patience is wearing thin for parents and the private NOTABLY school sector I’m sure is their hands in glee NOMI :) rubbing waiting for the influx of Naomi Larsen is Editor for the Chetwynd Echo. student registration. Contact her at by phone at 250.788.2246 or via email The two sides were editor@chetwyndecho.net scheduled to meet this week with a decision to be announced Friday, thus letting folks know whether or not to continue back to school shopping or to just throw their hands up in defeat. Nobody wants to see this strike drag any longer. It has turned into a full out public battle and neither side is able (or wanting, it seems) to compromise. It just baffles me that these two sets of supposedly intelligent people can’t sit down and figure it out after all this time. Good gosh, my 6-year old daughter and her friend can hash out anything in 15 minutes or less. Only instead of Barbie being caught in the middle of the scrap, it’s B.C’s students. And now after more than 20 weeks of fighting and striking, veteran mediator extraordinaire Vince Ready has arrived on his white horse to save the day…er…school year. Let’s hope Ready can force these two to reconcile and come to an agreement BEFORE next week. It has happened before. Back in 2006, an agreement was reached on June 30th, and on Sept. 8th of that year teachers ratified a settlement for a 16 per cent wage increase over five years, with a $4,000 signing bonus for each teacher. Could it happen again? I guess we’ll have to wait and see. At the end of the day, both sides should remember the words of one Mr. Mick Jagger: “you can’t always get what you want.” Good luck Vince. You’re going to need it. www.chetwyndecho.net Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR District overlooked basic premise of tendering To the Editor: Regarding your Aug. 13th story about the District of Chetwynd not putting the construction of the Chetwynd Medical Health Clinic out to tender. The story says the town will "vary" its usual tender process and hand over the medical clinic construction contract to the company currently building the town hall. The formal tendering

process is a very old, tried-and-true method of obtaining honest bids at lowest cost. Contractors submit bids in sealed envelopes and those envelopes are opened in public all at the same time. Normally the lowest bid is accepted if all other specifications of the contract are met. The beauty of this system is that, done properly, it prevents corruption. The tendering system prevents public

servants from being accused of being corrupt, and it protects all bidders from corrupt bidders. In my mind, the benefit of integrity provided by the tendering process trumps all the other reasons given for not going to tender on the Medical Clinic. Probably the District of Chetwynd politicians and staff just overlooked this basic premise of tendering in their desire to obtain for taxpayers what

they believe would be the best price for the project without any delay. One never knows what the low bid is until the envelopes are opened and the bids are read at a public opening. The District can be protected by the common tender specification clause "The lowest or any tender may not necessarily be accepted." Linda Yaciw Dawson Creek ,B.C.

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To the Editor, The Polley Lake Mine tailings breach is occurring daily in B.C.! That’s right, it’s true! Thanks to Mother Nature, not only do we have thousands of slides occurring in B.C. each year, we also have water run off occurring naturally in thousands of creeks and streams – water run off that people have erroneously been calling “toxic” water. As an example, “Fools Gold”, or “Pyrite”, is just one of Mother Nature’s little pranks on humanity. It

turns out that this useless rock, which fooled many a prospector in its day, has another last laugh for humankind. The natural forces of Mother Nature continually expose and release the iron and sulphur mixture in Pyrite which rain then washes away as acidic (low pH) water into streams, creeks and lakes all over B.C., and without detrimentally affecting fish or humans. That’s right. Acidic, so-call “toxic”, water has been leaching into our fish-bearing waterways for centuries due to the weathering and

erosion of planet Earth. It’s been happening since before Europeans and Asians arrived in B.C. and it’s likely been happening since before the First Nations appeared. So I have to ask: why has there been so much hullabaloo over the low pH acidic water from Mount Polley affecting fish when low pH acidic run off water is occurring naturally every day all over B.C.? Fred Reemeyer Coquitlam B.C.

Justin Trudeau’s Liberals reaching out in BC To the Editor: Under the new leadership of Justin Trudeau, the Liberal Party of Canada is committed to ensuring that western voices are heard in Parliament. For far too many times under this Conservative government, all Canadians have received is the voice of the Prime Minister in their communities. To shift the conversation, Members of Parliament from the Liberal Party of Canada came to Edmonton for our summer caucus meeting. We then fanned out to 45 ridings across the western provinces and held more than a hundred different meetings with community and business leaders. In BC, MPs John McCal-

lum, Lawrence MacAulay, John McKay, Kirsty Duncan, Scott Andrews, Judy Sgro and Scott Simms met with a broad range of stakeholders. Many of these conversations centred around critical questions about how we can responsibly manage our different industries and their impact on the environment. What is the federal role in managing the growth in the energy sector? How should it regulate our fishing and aquaculture industries after almost none of the 75 recommendations of the Cohen Commission have been implemented? Another question is how the federal government can help reverse Canada’s decline as a

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tourist destination in the world, dropping from seventh to 18th place in just a decade? To answer these challenges, you can’t stay in Ottawa. That’s why we spoke with leaders in fisheries like Vancouver Island University’s Institute for Coastal Research and Centre for Shellfish Health, Save our Salmon, Tides Canada and the World Fisheries Trust. We spoke with environmental leaders like the British Columbia Wildlife Federation and the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability. We also met with tourism leaders like BC Tourism, Tourism Victoria, the Canada West Ski Areas Association, the Tourism Industry Associ-

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ation of BC, TIAC, WestJet, the BC Chamber of Commerce and the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. We held roundtables on immigration, democratic reform and the oversight of CSEC. Our caucus also studied contemporary justice issues, speaking with the Canadian Identity Theft Support Centre, the West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF), the Women Lawyer’s Forum, and Sex Workers United Against Violence. We will use feedback from these conversations as we build the plan and the team to reflect the priorities of Canadians. Joyce Murray, MP Liberal Party of Canada

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Life continues on even with Mayor’s absence MAYOR: S REPORT with Merlin Nichols

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e it ever so humble, there’s no place like home. Somebody said that somewhere, sometime. Someone even sang it. So, I’ve been away for three weeks and I come back only to find that life goes on in my absence. Work happens. Stuff gets done. Sod is turned. Steel is erected. Paper is generated. And my office is occupied. Monday morning I had to dig my way through a ceiling-high stack of boxes to get to my

desk. This incredible crew in City Hall just gets things done! It is good to be back and to see the evidence that the team can carry on without me. But where do we go from here? What are our community priorities? What do you want to achieve as a community over the next twelve months? What do we need to do to make Chetwynd even more liveable? I know you have ideas. I know you share them over coffee with your friends. Share them with your Mayor and Council. Many of them will be good. Some of them will be feasible. Some might even see the light of day. But not if

you don’t share them. I am referring to ideas to make our home town more liveable, more desirable, more like the kind of place you want it to be. More like

blink of an eye. What we do we have to do quickly or they won’t inherit it. Perhaps some of our attitudes need to change. Example: In Finland I saw

the kind of place you want your grandchildren to inherit. That time comes a lot more quickly than most of us want. They go from toddlers to strong and beautiful young adults in the

magnificent forests (and no wasted fiber) in a country that has been in the forest industry for longer than we have. Are there some practices that Chetwynd could adopt as it manages

of our actions. ‘Stress’ is a word that is often misunderstood. It is not simply an emotion of nervous tension. The experience of stress actually involves three components; the first is a physical or emotional event that the organism perceives as a threat, called a ‘stressor’ (eg. financial problems, health issues, etc); the second is the animal’s processing system which interprets the meaning of that stressor (eg. the nervous system & brain); the third (and

role in the development of chronic disease further down the road. Hans Selye, a pioneer in the research of biological stress, reported three types of tissues/organs in the body that are affected directly by stress: the hormone system (brain & adrenal glands); the immune system (spleen, lymph & thymus glands); and the intestinal lining of the digestive system. For example, the brain and adrenal glands can stimulate the release of stress hormones such as cortisol, which can subsequently inhibit our immune system and create inflammation and ulceration of the intestines. As mentioned earlier, the development of many types of chronic diseases have been associated with those who have reported higher levels of psychological stress. Higher levels of cortisol are also found in these individuals. Research has suggested that even diseases that were believed to be fully genetic, such as Multiple Sclerosis, ALS, Rheumatoid Diseases, Cancer, Alzheimer’s, Dementia, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Chron’s, Colitis and Asthma are significantly more common in individuals with a history of emotional distress or who have developed a tendency to suppress (or inability to express) certain emotions. The literature is much too extensive to site here. If you are interested in learning more about this topic I would suggest reading ‘When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress’ by Dr. Gabor Mate as a good start.

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am often astonished how some patients are surprised to hear that their emotional stress may be altering how they are feeling and functioning physically. I think most adults have experienced at least one stressful event in their lives and have subsequently felt the physical ramifications – stiff & achy neck, headache, dizziness, stomach pain, decreased immunity. For many years, doctors and health care providers have dispelled the idea that emotional distress could be a major factor in hard physical symptoms, and certainly not a potential cause (in part) of genetic diseases. Nowadays, however, the evidence is just too strong to dismiss. Newer fields of science, such as Epigenetics and Psychoneuroimmunology, are showing how factors other than DNA determine whether or not genes will be switched on/off. For example, the emotional events (good and bad) experienced on a daily basis may affect whether or not a gene is activated and hence whether or not we develop that genetic disease. Unfortunately many health care systems follow the ideology that chronic diseases are completely unavoidable; hereditary, genetic mutations that were given to us by our parents, which will develop independent

most significant) is the stress response which involves behavioral adjustments and a cascade of physiological events – biochemical changes inside our bodies involving the brain, nervous system, hormones and organs. This cascade can be the result of a major traumatic event in the past but more often it occurs as a result of small, daily chronic stressors. If this internal stress is allowed to accumulate over time, it may play a

our Little Prairie Community Forest? In Finland I also saw central heating for multiple public buildings. It takes time, planning, and resources to create this type of public utility but all we have is time. Maybe we could also find some resources to apply to good ideas. No, I have no intention of advocating increased taxes for chasing strange ideas. But the vision has to start with someone. Maybe it is you. In Austria I had the pleasure of visiting (not your typical tourist trap) a channel of fast-running water running through a residential district. This channel supplied much of

the water needs for Salzburg and, in the process, powered multiple small generating stations in the back yards of upscale houses. They were next to silent but over miles of channel, they produced significant electricity. I don’t suppose that we have that option here. My point is that we have to open our minds to many ideas if we intend to create the community that will live into the future as a prosperous, vigorous, healthy home town.

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MIKE CARTER Chetwynd Echo Reporter –––––––––––––– CHETWYND - The District of Chetwynd is putting their money where their mouth is – and is hoping that the Chetwynd Volunteer Fire Department will do the same. The cause: the several BY

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Spirit Park at 1 p.m. Teams of ten will take part in the ultimate game of tug-of-war with the 39,418-pound metal giant. The District of Chetwynd is hoping to encourage other members of the community and businesses to take on the task by challenging the Volunteer Fire Department to enter their own team. Registration for your team of ten is $250, with all proceeds going directly to the United Way of Northern BC. “This is a way for council to help motivate other council members and staff members to put team in,” District of Chetwynd Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Doug Fleming said. In order to help encourage their employees to take on the task, the District of Chetwynd is planning on paying for half of the registration for the first team of District of Chetwynd employees to be assembled. In 2013, the United Way of Northern BC put together Fire Truck pulls across the Peace Region. In Chetwynd, they were unable to work out a deal

Teams in Mackenzie do their best to pull a 39,418 metal giant during the United Way of Northern BC fire truck pull on June 6 Photo submitted

with Fire Chief Leo Sabulsky to get access to a fire truck. Instead, they worked with Mayor Nichols and CAO Doug Fleming to line up another piece of equipment to be pulled – a grader. Unfortunately, the event was a flop as only one team – a team from Tim Hortons Chetwynd – registered. “The District was not able to participate in 2013, but employees have expressed a desire to compete in the Fire Truck Pull on Sept. 7,” a District of Chetwynd council agenda report stated. Prizes will be awarded for fastest time, most money raised and most spirited/best dressed team. You can register your team at http://bit.ly/chetwyndftp2014 A minimum of $250 must be raised by each team in order to participate. Online registration will close September 6, 2014 at noon. Participants must be 19 years of age or older. For additional information contact Emily Harris at: emilyh@unitedwaynbc.ca , or by phone at: 250-763-9266 ext. 2

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Stan Large reads out a list of names of people from around the region that he wishes to openly challenge to donate $200 to ALS research, take a cold bath, or do both. Large was diagnosed with polemytositis 10 years ago, a disease similar to ALS. He plans to take the Ice Bucket Challenge himself in Spirit Park on September 1 (time to be determined) and hopes some of the folks he challenged will Photo by Mike Carter show up to do the same MIKE CARTER Chetwynd Echo Reporter –––––––––––––– CHETWYND – Stan Large has challenged a number of Chetwynd residents to meet him in Spirit Park on Sept. 1 (time to be determined) to take part in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Large was diagnosed with polymytositis 10 years ago. The disease is similar to Amyotropchi Lateral Sclerosis, or ALS. Stan moved to Chetwynd two years ago from Fort St. John. He tells us he quickly earned the name of “The BSer of A&W,� but he notes that he is not sure why. Like many others, Large was inspired to confront some of his peers to take on the Ice Bucket Challenge, and donate to ALS Canada to help find a cure. He came to the Chetwynd Echo to get the word out. “I’d like to get a whole bunch of challenges out and get this thing rolling in Chetwynd, Dawson Creek, Fort St. John, Fort Nelson and Pink Mountain,� he said. “I say why me? What did I do to have this?

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More than 300 riders take to the Chetwynd track in largest ever Pine Valley Motocross Association event Adrian Bachman (#170) catches some air whiletrying to catch up to Cody Hay (#666)

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MIKE CARTER Chetwynd Echo Reporter –––––––––––––– CHETWYND – The weather stayed fair all weekend for the over 300 riders who took part in the Ninth Annual Pine Valley Motocross races at the Pine Valley Raceway, just outside of Chetwynd. Located off Highway 29 on the way to Moberly Lake, the raceway was jam packed with campers from all over British Columbia and Alberta for the two-day event. “This year we are doing something different,� said Jason Berlinger, president of the Pine Valley Motosports Club. “[We brought] racers and their families from all over BC and Alberta together over the same weekend for some great racing action.� Two race-sanctioning bodies, the Peace Motocross Association and the British Columbia Motocross AsBY

sociation, jointly sanctioned the event. The British Columbia Motocross Association (BCMA) has clubs in Ashcroft, Quesnel, Kamloops, Williams Lake, Smithers, Terrace, Prince George, and now Chetwynd. The Peace Motocross Association (PMA) has clubs in Grande Prairie, Worsley, Beaverlodge, Dawson Creek, Taylor, Fort St. John, Fort Nelson and Chetwynd. Members from both associations were at the track in Chetwynd this past weekend, giving 16 different clubs a chance to come together for what was being called the largest motocross event in Western Canada. “It was a lot of hard work,� Berlinger said. “We seemed to find a way [to pull it off]. It was definitely our highest turnout. It was pretty good.� On the second day of races, there were more than 300 entries. Num-

bers suffered on Saturday due to a conflicting schedule with some races on the Alberta side of the border where important points were up for grabs for racers chasing championships in that province. “People had to pick and chose where they were going to go [for Saturday],� Berlinger explained. “If people were running for championships on the Alberta side, I think that’s where they went and if they weren’t then they came here. “There is a lot at stake for those guys on the Alberta side because if you win championships, you can win a new bike � he added. “That’s a little incentive to carry on, on that side of the border.� Although the weather was great, the dry summer caused for dry conditions on the track. “It was a little dusty Sunday,� he said. “Saturday was a little better. Please see "DRY," page 9

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Spencer Cage (#195) and Dylan Brown (#63) get into a dust up during the MX2 Intermediate/Expert race on Sunday at the Pine Valley Raceway. Both racers would finish the race, Cage in third place, and Brown in eighth.

FM M95F 75IG9 :CF 8IGHM F579FG 5B8 GD97H5HCFG Continued from page 8 It’s just been so dry this summer.� During every intermission the sprinklers were brought out to douse the track and keep the dust down. “It’s hard to fight that and everyone was just fighting dust at all the other tracks.� On behalf of the Pine Valley Motorsports Club, Berlinger wanted to thank the community for its support.

“We’re a volunteer organization which relies on many resources to be successful, [and] our most important resource is community support. The town of Chetwynd has a vast business sector which has provided the club with donations, advertising, supplies, and equipment.� Without the help of the volunteers and local businesses, he added, the sport of motocross would not be possible in Chetwynd.

Above, Jackson Nickolet (#671), and Colton Sheperd (#82) jockey for position in the MX2 Intermediate/Expert race on Sunday August 24, 2014 and the Pine Valley Raceway. Sheperd would finish in second and Nickolet in ninth. Below, Jordon Sivorot (#401) leads the pack in the MX1 Novice/Juinor race on Sunday followed closely by a number of other racers. Sivorot would finish the race in seventh place.

“We wish to extend a sincere thank you to all who have assisted in putting this year’s race together. Your generosity makes this race possible.� Look for the full results from this year’s races on the Chetwynd Echo Facebook page this week. They will also be published in next week’s September 3 issue. Also, check out www.facebook.com/Chetwy ndEcho for a full album of pictures from Sunday’s races.

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–––––––––––––– A rumoured takeover of Canadian oil and gas operator Talisman Energy Inc. by Madrid-based Repsol SA has gained some weight, with Talisman releasing a statement in late July confirming it has been in talks about a possible deal. "Talisman acknowledges that it has been approached by Repsol with regards to various transactions. There is no assurance that any transaction will be agreed," said the release. "Until such time as it is appropriate to make a public announcement on any potential transaction, Talisman does not intend to make any further comment on this matter." Although the company has been tight-lipped about what discussions are being had with Repsol, Talisman's shares shot up on the Toronto Stock Exchange after the company released word that discussions had occurred. Based out of Calgary, Talisman is one of Canada's largest oil and gas operators, investing

approximately $353 million into developing its Canadian assets in 2013, according to its website. As well as assets throughout North America, Colombia and the Asia-Pacific, Talisman's major Canadian operations are focused in the Greater Edson area of Alberta, the Chauvin area of Alberta and Saskatchewan, in Alberta's Duvernay play and in the B.C. Peace Region's natural gas-rich Montney play. Talisman sold off 75 per cent of its share of the Montney play in October 2013 to Progress Energy Canada Ltd., keeping approximately 48,000 acres within the Montney, Groundbirch and Saturn Land. "The rationale behind all of this is that we have been repositioning our portfolio and trying to do some dispositions of our long-dated assets that require significant investment," Talisman media relations advisor Berta Gomez said, at the time. "Right now, we're not in a position to really fund those kind of assets."

All of this appears to be on trend with global oil and gas industry moves, according to the Deloitte Oil Gas Mergers and Acquisitions Report Midyear 2014. The report noted that North America has been the focus of the majority of transactions within the industry, seeing 61 per cent of global trades. In the U.S., the report showed a move towards unconventional shale projects (requiring hydraulic fracturing and more challenging methods of extraction), whereas in Canada there was a move away from oil sands and towards more conventional plays. Talisman has been going through two years of restructuring with the appointment of CEO Hal Kvisle in 2012, seeing the disposition of various assets. Along with the majority of Talisman's stake in the Montney, its Chetwynd and Fort St. John offices have closed, confirmed Gomez - the latter being transferred to Progress Energy, along with the majority of its personnel.

Beware of family scam CHETWYND ECHO STAFF –––––––––––––– CHETWYND – RCMP are warning residents in the Peace Region about a telephone scam making its rounds. This scam is operated by fraudsters claiming to be a family member or a close friend of a family member and advising the potential victim about an urgent situation that requires immediate funds. Common themes have been that the family member was arrested or got into an accident while traveling abroad. Thus fees are required for hospital expenses, or bail. Since 2009, the CAFC has received 17,132 emergency scam complaints were received accounting for more than 24 million dollars in reported losses. The average loss per victim was $3,743.07. Of the 17,132 complaints there were 11,889 emergency scam occurrences reported by Canadians. How to Protect Yourself • Confirm with other relatives the whereabouts of the family member or friend. • Police, Judges or legal entities will never request that money be sent through money service business such as Western Union, MoneyGram. • Never voluntarily give out family members names or information to unknown callers. • Always question urgent requests for money Please consult the following website for more details: http://www.antifraudcentrecentreantifraude.ca/english/home.html

Police release name of victim in suspicious Mackenzie death CHETWYND ECHO STAFF –––––––––––––– MACKENZIE –North District RCMP’s major crimes unit has released the identity of a victim of what police are calling a “suspicious death� in Mackenzie. The body of Maurice Wallace, 49, was discovered on a property on the east side of the town of about 3,500 about 176 kilometres southwest of Chetwynd earlier this month. A 17-year-old was taken into custody and has been remanded under the Mental Health Act for assessment. “An autopsy has been conducted this week and police are not releasing the findings,� North District RCMP’s major crime unit said on Friday. “This continues to be a suspicious death investigation and no charges have been laid.� The investigation is ongoing.

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Teachers in Chetwynd met this week to sign up for picket duty Continued from page 1 minister today and his rhetoric of 24/7 bargaining is let’s see it. How about tomorrow? Let’s get this deal done,” Iker said. Iker added that the BCTF is ready to enter into negotiations immediately, if only the province would agree to make it happen. “The holdout has been government and their unwillingness to enter fullscale mediation and compromise,” Iker continued. “We’re ready to negotiate anytime. We’ve been ready all summer.” Earlier in the summer, Iker responded to premier Christy Clark’s assertion that the government had been phoning the BCTF to resume negotiations, by saying that she must have the wrong number, because he didn’t receive any calls. An experienced mediator, Vince Ready, who had a hand in ending the Port-Metro Vancouver truckers’ strike in March 2014, agreed to help end the dispute on Aug. 14. Ready has helped resolve more than 7,000 labour and commercial disputes in Canada in his over 30 years of mediation experience. When Ready agreed to exploratory talks, both sides agreed to a media black out. Education Minister Peter Fassbender was slammed by the BCTF membership for apparently nullifying this agreement by speaking to the media last week, however Fassbender denies that he was in contradiction to any agreed upon media blackout. Fassbender told the press last week that nothing he has said recently has referred to any of the details of what is being discussed at the negotiating table. On Thursday Aug. 21, the BCTF released a statement that declared Minister Fassbender’s behavior “unhelpful” to resolving the situation. “Fassbender ’s recent media tour is a clear contravention of a media blackout that the BCTF, BC Public School Employers’ Association and the government agreed to when Vince Ready first engaged in the bargaining process,” the statement read. “It is unhelpful that the minister is again playing politics in the media instead of allowing bargaining to resume behind closed doors. It shows a lack of integrity and highlights the government’s ongoing attempts to derail negotiations.” In his media appearances, Fassbender talked to reporters about the bcparentinfo.ca website, which includes bargaining news, information about caregiver support for parents, student achievement information and learning resources.

Teachers in Chetwynd marched downtown during a rally on June 27, 2014 to mark the last day of classes. As the File photo first day of school approaches, a negotiated settlement remains elusive. He said the $350,000 spent to establish and promote the website came from the governments communication budget. Fassbender also defended the government’s $40 a day plan for parents of children under the age of 13, claiming the amount

was based on the estimated number of students and the savings that the province may realize if the strike continues. For it’s part the BCTF has begun what it is calling a “week of action” with radio ads that began airing today (Aug. 27) calling on government to

resume bargaining and negotiate a fair deal. The ads are sponsored by the BC Federation of Labour, and are aimed at showing the government that working people and the majority of the public support teachers getting a fair deal at the bargaining table.

The BC Federation of Labour is also organizing a series of events leading up to a mass rally planned for September 5 at premier Christy Clark’s cabinet offices at Canada Place in Vancouver. Other rallies will take place at Peter Fassben-

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der ’s constituency office in Langley on Sept. 2, premier Clark’s office in Kelowna on Sept. 3, and at Labour Minister Shirley Bond’s office in Prince George on Sept. 4. Several other events will be held on Labour Day in Abbotsford, Burnaby, Cranbrook, Kamloops, Ladysmith, Victoria, Campbell River, Gibsons, and Kelowna. The largest issue, which the government has not budged on, is still class size and composition. Another issue, which has gained more media attention, is wages. According to sources independent of the BCTF and the government who were reporting to thetyee.ca, a major stumbling block in the contract negotiations is that the government wants language in the collective agreement that virtually recreates all the conditions set out in Bills 27, 28 and 22. Bills 27 and 28, which were passed when Christy Clark was education minister, effectively tore up the contract teachers had been working under, and removed class size and composition from the bargaining table. In 2011, the BC Supreme Court declared the bills unconstitutional, and gave the government one year to make amends. In 2012, the government introduced Bill 22, which effectively restored what the Supreme Court had rejected. In January 2014, the BC Supreme Court ruled for a second time in favour of the teachers, saying “the government did not negotiate in good faith with the union after the Bill 28 decision… Their strategy was to put such pressure on the union that it would provoke a strike by the union.” The government has since appealed this ruling, and an appeals decision is expected in October. The government has publicly stated a clause that will allow either party to terminate any existing contract after the appeals decision is given, and begin negotiations anew. The BCTF is angered by the fact that in effect, if the government loses a third time, it can ditch any contract the teachers may agree to in the next few weeks. The proposal, "E.81," was submitted by the B.C. Public School Employers' Association on June 15. It says in part: "Within 60 days of the ultimate judicial decision, either party may give written notice to the other of termination of the collective agreement. If notice is given, the collective agreement terminates at the end of that school year, unless the ultimate judicial decision occurs after the end of February, in which case the termination takes place at the end of the following school year."

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